Voters across Grimsby, Cleethorpes and the rest of North East Lincolnshire have been heading to the polls today to cast their vote in the 2017 General Election. We headed to the polling station at the community centre in Nunsthorpe - the estate where the town's last MP, Melanie Onn, grew up to find out what was on the minds of her constituents.

Among those braving the blustery conditions at the community centre on Sutcliffe Avenue was the estate's former councillor and ex-mayor, Norma Lincoln.

Norma, who helps to run the community centre with her husband, said she had been "excited" by the number of people in Nunsthorpe who had chosen to vote in the snap general election and pointed out that, while she could not confirm how many had passed through the booths by 5pm, she estimated that it was up on previous elections.

"I think a lot of people might have been swayed by what happened in Manchester and London but Melanie Onn is a big character here and people like her," she said.

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Mark Trevor, 51, of Kirkstead Crescent, Nunsthorpe, said: "I've been a Labour voter all of my life but I can't bring myself to vote for Jeremy Corbyn. He is too far to the left.

"I wouldn't sleep at night if I voted for the Conservatives so I've gone in the middle and voted for the independent (Christina McGilligan-Fell).

"Jeremy Corbyn isn't a strong enough leader and I just wouldn't trust him with defence."

Nunsthorpe resident Richard Klein heads to the polling station at the estate's community centre.

He added: "I think it's a foregone conclusion; I think it will be Onn in Grimsby and Martin Vickers in Cleethorpes. Nationally it will be the Conservatives but I don't think it will be a landslide.

"It's the first time in my life that I've not voted Labour."

Another man, who described himself as a traditional Labour supporter, said the political landscape in Grimsby was changing after the town voted overwhelmingly in favour of leaving the European Union in last summer's referendum.